In the era of knowledge economy, it is particularly important for executives to have a keen insight and quick response to market changes. Holmes’s practice of intuition and experience can also be applied to knowledge management. You appeared to be surprised when I told you, on our first meeting, that you had come from Afghanistan.” Those rules of deduction laid down in that article which aroused your scorn, are invaluable to me in practical work. You see I have a lot of special knowledge which I apply to the problem, and which facilitates matters wonderfully. Then I have to bustle about and see things with my own eyes. Now and again a case turns up which is a little more complex. Holmes explains that he can do it because he has a lot of experience and knowledge about sensational literature and other things that private investigator needs.īut do you mean to say,” I said, “that without leaving your room you can unravel some knot which other men can make nothing of, although they have seen every detail for themselves?” We should have a thought to know what to use, how to use and where to use is a fundamental skill of a good decision maker.Īccept your Intuition and Prevent Judgment without the Support of Experienceĭr Watson was surprised to hear that Sherlock was able to restore the truth of cases simply by sitting on the sofa at home and listening to the findings of case. When deciding, we need to know how to eliminate irrelevant knowledge and only use what is relevant. Especially when it comes to knowledge mangers, it is easy to get distracted if too much useless furniture in the attic of mind.

It is essential to make efforts to sort out the skills we need and develop them by consulting predecessors, learning from books and internet. Holmes’s unique knowledge reserve principle illustrates how to deal with explicit knowledge properly. However, he has little knowledge of literature, philosophy or astronomy. (botany, geology, chemistry, anatomy, sensational literature, music and British law) These kinds of knowledge help him to solve the cases quickly and well. Sherlock Holmes is a detective and has various of knowledge that would be useful to him.

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